German Riesco

German Riesco Errazuriz (28 May 1854-8 December 1916) was President of Chile from 18 September 1901 to 18 September 1906, succeeding Anibal Zanartu and preceding Pedro Montt. He was a member of the Liberal Party of Chile.

Biography
German Riesco Errazuriz was born in Rancagua, Chile on 28 May 1854, the nephew of President Federico Errazuriz Zanartu. He became chief clerk at the Ministry of Justice in 1880 and served in the judiciary until 1898, when he retired to private practice. In 1900, he was elected Senator for Talca, and he was elected President of Chile in 1901. He was forced to appoint 17 different governments of three and a half months each, as he faced crippling parliamentary divisions. He was forced to refuse a return to metallic conversion due to rising inflation, creating social unrest, but he expanded education opportunities for women. In 1902, he signed a border treaty with Argentina, and he also ended the War of the Pacific by signing a peace treaty with Bolivia in 1904. He left office in 1906 and died ten years later.